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   - title: SINCLAIR PC-200
     subtitle: ''
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   - title: Your Sinclair, the rock'n'roll years
     url: http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/pc200review.htm
     text: PC-200 review, dated november 1988
-  comments:
-  - author: Christian Sculpher (Earth)
-    date: Friday 25th August 2006
-    text: I remember being the only 'computer head' in the electrical store I worked in - I was always trying to learn EVERYTHING about the systems we sold. I remember when the PC-200 came in 2 of them - with instructions that both were to be displayed NON-FUNCTIONING - with no product information. If we sold those 2 - we would be sent more (so we had to sell the display models FIRST - an impossibility for a new product). We called head office - they had no information - just a memo saying 'show the customer the box - it contains all the information they need to know' (ie - nothing - just the price!) Eventually we got a visitor from head office - who basically told us that we had to sell them or else the product would fail. It turned out - we had the only 2 in the whole region. When he discovered that (inevitably) most of the box content had gone 'missing' (pilfered by local urchins) he threw the two machines into a bin-bag - got in his car and left - with the 2 computers! Needless to say
-      - the whole PC200 line lasted less time than it took for our laughter to subside!
-  - author: Finnish nerd (Finland)
-    date: Sunday 29th September 2019
-    text: |-
-      This was my first PC (previously I owned a C64 and an Atari 800XL), I bought it on Spring 1990 in Finland for about \~2200 FIM (maybe about £250 or so). The main selling point of this computer was of course the CHEAP PRICE. Other PC models were much more expensive, even the cheapest ones were about 2-3 times more (including monitor). I didn''t have a monitor, I used my small TV set. Amiga and Atari ST were about the same price range, but this Sinclair PC200 was a REAL PC and not a "toy home computer" like the Amiga and ST.. $) It felt cool to own "a real business computer". $) Of course the Amiga and ST had some benefits over this like better build-in graphics and sound, but the PC200 had a faster CPU and a larger (especially business oriented) software library. And it was A REAL PC. $)
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-      And I was only slightly sarcastic... I actually used the PC200 for real work like desktop publishing (on a DTP software over GEM, called "Finesse") and it performed adequately. I also played many games, and while gaming wasn''t as great in general as with the 16-bit home computers, it did have a faster CPU which allowed better frame rates in flight simulators etc., which I especially liked playing.
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-      At some point I replaced the Siemens 8086 processor with a compatible NEC V20 processor, which increased performance about 10-20$ at the same clock speed. I also built a "Covox" parallel port D/A converter (sound card), which provided an Amiga-like sound for pennies. Not many software titles supported it, but at least I could play and compose MOD music with it.
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-      So basically I have really fond memories of this computer, but I only owned it for 1,5 years, after which I upgraded to a 286 VGA machine. But PC200 was the machine I learned my PC basics with and it provided me a head start on the modern computing era compared to the Amiga nerds. $)
-  - author: iliasazg ($$917$$$955$$$955$$$940$$$948$$$945$)
-    date: Wednesday 8th February 2017
-    text: |-
-      I have one PC-200 for sale, working condition, fair look, includes S-12MM monochrome monitor.\
-      Living in Greece, if you need more info please contact me at +30 693 9722108.\
-      Thank you
-  - author: ELIAS AZGKINIS ($$917$$$955$$$955$$$940$$$948$$$945$)
-    date: Wednesday 8th February 2017
-    text: Retro computer lover
-  - author: Andre (UK-Europe)
-    date: Thursday 7th July 2016
-    text: |-
-      In 1977-1989 the most dominant Data Languages used were\
-      Cobol and RPG-2,in the IBM,UniVac,Honeywell,Various others in US $Europe
-  - author: skagon
-    date: Tuesday 13rd March 2012
-    text: |-
-      Actually, I remember this being advertised in the local computer magazines for quite a few months. The problem was that back then, we didn''t know what it was. Nobody knew it was an XT$ everyone confused by its looks thought it was some kind of Amiga ripoff.\
-      Actually, if anyone''s willing to sell, I''d love one of these for my vintage computers collection. Contact me! $)
-  - author: Mike Oliver (UK)
-    date: Thursday 7th April 2011
-    text: |-
-      I saw one of these with a 30gb HD in the expansion slot and it worked well so bought one.
-
-      Still have it, all the cables, books and softeare - plus a compatible pin drive computer - in the attic.
-
-      Is it worth anything??
-  - author: X
-    date: Saturday 8th January 2011
-    text: This was the very first computer I ever bought myself. It was at reduced price when I bought it (I believe the 286 was already on the market). Despite the unusual casing compared to other PC''s of the time, it was really a nice machine to play with and notably faster than my father''s Laser XT with a 8088 at 10Mhz. At some point, I started extending it with a 8087 co-processor and added memory to 640Kb for which I had ordered an electrical layout booklet from Amstrad and soldered sockets for the RAM chips in myself. Later-on, I even tried installing a 20MB harddisk drive as I got bored from swapping floppies all the time. Unfortunately, this killed it as the harddisk controller was malfunctioning...
-  - author: My (Italy)
-    date: Tuesday 2nd March 2004
-    text: |-
-      I think the PC-20 was the high end version\
-      of this system, with more features built-in.\
-      I have one of this system and I experimented\
-      the insert of IBM cards : PC open for EVER.\
-      Another notable characteristic is a simple\
-      socket in the card-zone : you could insert\
-      a 8087, but it's dangerously without protection!\
-      I have mounted a 8087 and I locked it with\
-      a piece of electric-scotch. I really like the GEM!
   oc_id: 85
   source:
     url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230201193319/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=85